family-law

Cases  Re F & G (Discharge of Special Guardianship Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 622 (30 April 2021) – A care order and a special guardianship order can exist in respect of the same child, if made in that... Read more

Cases Re C (A Child) [2021] EWFC 32 (13 April 2021), Sir James Munby – Another cri de coeur from Sir James as to the failure of lawyers to abide by bundles rules. Read more

Cases  LM v DM (Costs Ruling) [2021] EWFC 28 (12 March 2021), Mostyn J – Applicant for interim financial relief deprived of half of her costs because she did not negotiate openly and reasonably with... Read more

Case Summaries Re A & B (Children) (Deaf Parent - Assessment and Practice) [2021] EWFC 10 (9 February 2021), Elizabeth Isaacs as a High Court judge – Care order and placement of children aged two and... Read more

Case Summaries Salford CC v W & Ors (Religion and Declaration of Looked After Status) [2021] EWHC 61 (Fam) (19 January 2021), MacDonald J (see Public law children below) – The Family Division has... Read more

Cases Bell & anor v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), Div Ct (1 December 2020) – When is a child/young person competent to give valid consent to gender change treatment?... Read more

Cases Moutreuil v Andreewitch (Contempt: Sentence) [2020] EWHC 3085 (Fam) (16 November 2020), Cobb J – Committal of Mr A for contempt of a freezing order. Six months imprisonment suspended and... Read more

Cases Re G (A Child: Child Abduction) [2020] EWCA Civ 1185 (15 September 2020) – F’s appeal allowed, on his application for return of a child (eight) to South Africa: interplay of Hague Convention... Read more

In this post I will be looking at some more of the curiosities of ancient matrimonial law, following my earlier post, Marriage in hope and expectation - but maybe not in law. Read more

Application to a High Court judge What judge does a child (Mary) apply to if she wants an order under Children Act 1989 (CA 1989), s 8: that is, say, where Mary wants to ask the court for which... Read more